Favorite Words of Celebrities
Here is the most complete list of celebrities’ favorite words:
Al Gore: Interstitial. Asymptotic
Al Pacino: Anodine
Angelina Jolie: Now
Anthony Hopkins: No (“I’ve spent so much of my life saying “yes,” when I should have said “no.”)
Antonio Banderas: Alegria (Spanish word meaning Joy)
Arianna Huffington: Trust
Arthur C. Clarke: Incarnadine
Ben Stiller: Galaxy
Betty White: Kindness
Billy Crystal: Truth. Charming
Bob Hope: Laughter
Bobby Bob Thornton: Marshmallow
Brad Pitt: Daddy
Bradley Cooper: Energy
Cameron Diaz: Unity
Carol Burnett (American actress): Window
Christopher Walken: Lunch
Clint Eastwood: Tranquilo (“I use tranquilo a lot.”)
Daniel Radcliffe (aka Harry Potter): Verdurous (meaning lush green)
Drew Barrymore: Empyrean
Dustin Hoffman: Saga (“Saga, well yes. You know, we have a lot of kids and we for some reason developed a language all of our own. We call it Hoffitalk, and Saga is everything wonderful.”)
Eddie Murphy: New
Ellen Barkin: Serendipity
Ferran Adria (Spanish chef, world’s best cook): Soul
Francis Ford Coppola: Hope. Esperanza
George Carlin: Balalaika (The musical instrument, “it’s just so good to say it”), Skylark (“is a lovely word and it evokes a lovely thing of course.”)
George Clooney: Shitzu (“because you can say it on TV.”)
Gerald Ford: Affirmative
Gloria Estefan: Houndation. Weirdness. Plethora
Harrison Ford: Perfect
Helen Hunt: Kiss
Hillary Clinton: Love
Homer Simpson: Marshmallow
Hugh Grant: Posh
Hugh Jackman: Panache
Hugh Laurie (Doctor Gregory House): Marsupial (an animal)
James Cameron: Can’t
James Franco: Scotch (“just because I like the way it sounds.”)
James Gandolfini: Pickle
Jennifer Aniston: Norman (with a tear in her eye, referring to her 15-year-old Welsh corgi-terrier mix, who died)
Jennifer Lopez: Love
Jim Carrey: Yes
John Cusack: Kinkajou
John Goodman: Hiya
John Travolta: Ambrosia
Johnny Depp: Why
Jude Law: Dad
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Imply
Juliette Binoche: Reconciliation
Kevin Spacey: Welcome
Kiefer Sutherland: Gravitas (“It’s Latin.”)
Larry King: Why
Liam Neeson: Contentment (“I love being content.”)
Liza Minnelli: Swell
Lucille Ball: Beauty
Mario Vargas Llosa (Peruvian writer, Nobel Prize winner): Liberty
Mark Hamill (actor, Luke Skywalker in Star Wars): Pixilated
Mary Kay: You can!
Meg Ryan: Authentic
Melanie Griffith: Exponential
Meryl Streep: Coconut milk
Michael Caine: Tomorrow
Michael J. Fox: Utopia
Michio Kaku: Falsifiable
Mike Nichols: Thighs
Milos Forman: Discombobulated
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
Natalie Portman: Languer
Nicolas Cage: Grace
Norm Crosby (comedian): Apocryphal
Patricia Nixon: Caring
Paul Newman: Try
Ralph Fiennes: Heart
Ray Bradbury: Ramshackle. Cinnamon
Robert De Niro: Refinement
Robert Downey Jr.: Print
Robin Williams: Cloaca. Abbondanza
Ronald McDonald: Laughter
Ronald Reagan: Home
Rose Kennedy: Faith
Russell Crowe: Pusillanimous
Salma Hayek: Evolution
Sam Worthington: Boobies
Sarah Jessica Parker: Fetching
Sean Penn: Hi
Shakira: Mellifluous (that’s her favorite word in Spanish)
Sissy Spacek: Yes
Stephen King: Tenebrous
Steven Spielberg: Yes
Tim Robbins: Mellifluous
Timothy Forbes: American
Tom Cruise: Yes
Tom Hanks: Dad
Whoopi Goldberg: Amour
Will Ferrell: Me
Will Smith: Antidisestablishmentarianism (being against the system)
Sources:
“Inside the Actors Studio”, a TV show on Bravo hosted by James Lipton
“The Logophile’s Orgy: Favorite Words of Famous People”, a book by Lewis Burke Frumkes. New York: Delacorte Press, 1995
“My Word!” a book by Vick Knight. Publisher: Aristan Press, Canyon Lake, CA; First Edition (January 1996)
Other places on the web
Bonus:
Other Appendices:
Appendix I: Some of My Favorite Words with Thoughts
Appendix II: Most Popular Favorite Words
Appendix III: Three Most Favorite Words Research
Appendix IV: A List of Positive Words
Appendix V: Interesting Word Facts and Word Stats
Appendix VII: Favorite Word Quotes
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